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176 Time, Money & Music Riddles With Answers

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  1. Not born, but from a Mother's body drawn, I hang until half of me is gone. I sleep in a cave until I grow old, then valued for my hardened gold. What am I?
  2. Dreaming of apples on a wall. And dreaming often, dear. I dreamed that, if I counted all, How many would appear?
  3. Did you hear about the soldier who bought a camouflage sleeping bag?
  4. A mother has 6 daughters. The 1st one was watching television, The 2nd was sleeping, The 3rd was at school, The 4th was playing chess, The 5th was playing his phone, what was the 6th daughter doing?
  5. To have one-third you must give, without me not long you shall live!
  6. A horse jumps over a tower and the tower disappears. It's not an illusion or a dream. So where could this happen?
  7. Formed long ago, yet made today, Employed while others sleep. What none would freely give away. Nor any wish to keep. What is it?
  8. What do you call a boring dinosaur?
  9. I am a fruit, but I am not eaten. I live in a busy place. I never sleep. What am I?
  10. I am you when not asleep; And where the sad come to weep. What am I?
  11. My call, I pray, at dawn of day, Shall rest you from your slumber, With job all done, my song all sung, I'll sit on a seat of lumber. What am I?
  12. What is 8 when 8 is sleeping?
  13. What does CLASS stand for?
  14. I fly without feathers; Sleep when you're awake; I'm not a mosquito and neither a needle, But blood I'm known to take. What am I?
  15. I take you by night, by day take you back. None suffer to have me but do from my lack.
  16. When you have me not, you want me. But when you have me, you do not know. What am I?
  17. Where do daydreamers spend most of their time?
  18. ln your dream, Voldemort is chasing you. "Avada Kedavra!" he cries. The light is two feet away from you. How do you get away?
  19. What do you call a spy who sleeps with a blanket over his head?
  20. During what month do people sleep the least?
  21. What do you call a sleeping cow?
  22. Why did Silly Billy tiptoe past the medicine cabinet?
  23. Why did outlaws sleep on the ground after robbing a bank?
  24. There is a man, with his horse he is going to a town. The man went to the town on Monday. He stayed there for 3 days and then he came back on Friday. How? His horse was not tired, he wasn't sleepy and took a rest.
  25. I do not breathe, but I run and jump. I do not eat, but I swim and stretch. I do not drink, but I sleep and stand. I do not think, but I grow and play. I do not see, but you see me every day. What am I?
  26. Saws sing it, We snore it, Bees drone it; And one alone ends the alphabet. What is it?
  27. How do you get a baby astronaut to sleep?
  28. Where do butterflies sleep?
  29. What question can never be answered with a Yes?
  30. I am six letters. When you take one away I am twelve. What am I?
  31. What always runs but never walks, often murmurs, never talks, has a bed but never sleeps, has a mouth but never eats?
  32. Fred is listening to the radio when it suddenly stops playing. Nobody is with Fred and nobody touches the radio. A few seconds later, the radio resumes playing. How can this be?
  33. What's a plumber's favorite song?
  34. What pets make stirring music?
  35. The letters of the alphabet but only just a few; It's hard to say if I was invented or just discovered by you. What am I?
  36. What was the pilgrim's favorite type of music?
  37. What is the noblest musical instrument?
  38. My shallow hills are the faces of kings. My horizon is always near. My music sends men to the grave. My absence sends men to work. What am I?
  39. It is a short song, It has a lot of names, and rhymes a lot. Hint: It is food. What is the pea's favorite song?
  40. What music do cows like to dance to?
  41. If you were by a door, where would music originate?
  42. A rock group with four members, Each of whom are dead; But people still come to see us, Though an album was never released. What am I?
  43. I can soothe you, or drive you nuts. I can be quiet, but also blare in your ears. What does this? Figure that out, and you have found out the riddle.
  44. Why did the man hold a shoe to his ear?
  45. What musical instruement would you use to catch a fish?
  46. What is a device that you always have access to, that do not require recharging, and can record all of the useful information you have learned?
  47. Play my music, if you dare. Turn my crank, although I'm square. Stand back, or get a scare, when you see my surprising glare. What am I?
  48. My call, I pray, at dawn of day, Shall rest you from your slumber, With job all done, my song all sung, I'll sit on seat of lumber. What am I?
  49. You can hear me and feel me but you can't see me or smell me, yet everyone has a taste in me. I can be created, but after that only remembered. What am I?
  50. I cannot be felt, seen or touched; Yet I can be found in everybody; My existence is always in debate; Yet I have my own style of music. What Am I?
  51. What kind if music is played inside the vehicle?
  52. What 3 common songs have the same meleody?
  53. My scale is something that does not weigh in grams, ounces, or pounds. However, I may be heavy or light. What am I?
  54. At the sound of me, men may dream, Or stamp their feet. At the sound of me, women may laugh, Or sometimes weep. What am I?
  55. What kind of a band, never plays music?
  56. I am a fruit. If you take away the first letter of my name I become a crime. Take away the first two letters of my name I become an animal. Take away the first and last letter of my name and I become a form of music. What am I?
  57. When is music like vegetables?
  58. A trail, a union, together tied. Come across me and you will find, you cannot change the course I'm on, without me you can't travel on. What am I?
  59. What tire goes on vacation?
  60. What is the easiest way to throw a ball, have it stop, and completely reverse direction after traveling a short distance?
  61. Where do crayons go on vacation?
  62. I am treated with great care until I reach my end by being torn in half. I'm a traveler. I bring both good and bad news. What am I?
  63. What has a face, but no head; hands, but no feet; yet travels everywhere and is usually running?
  64. Why did the tire need a vacation?
  65. What fruit always travels in groups of two?
  66. I am found in the sea and on land, but I do not walk or swim. I travel by foot, but I am toeless. No matter where I go, I'm never far from home. What am I?
  67. Trains travel from one town to another town all day, always on the same track, always going nonstop and at the same speed. The noon train took 80 minutes to complete the trip, but the 4 PM train took an hour and 20 minutes. Why?
  68. I can travel from there to here by disappearing, and here to there by reappearing. What am I?
  69. There is a bus full of people travelling to San Francisco and no one gets off the bus throughout the journey. But when it gets to the other side there is not a single person left. How is this possible?
  70. I'm found in the sea and on land but I can't walk or swim. I travel by foot but I'm toeless. No matter where I go I'm never far from home. What am I?
  71. Where do TVs go on vacation?
  72. Which word is the odd one out: Seventy, Brawl, Clover, Proper, Carrot, Swing, Change, Travel, Sacred, Stone?
  73. Which part of a road do Ghost's love to travel the most?
  74. My first is often at the front door. My second is found in the cereal family. My third is what most people want. My whole is one of the United States. What am I?
  75. Whoever makes it, tells it not. Whoever takes it, knows it not. And whoever knows it wants it not. What is it?
  76. What is the difference between a dollar and a half and thirty five-cents?
  77. How can you give someone $63 using six bills, without using any one dollar bills?
  78. I have three USA coins. They are not a quarter, dime or penny and they add up to 60 cents. What are the coins?
  79. Joe has ten coins totaling $1.19. From these coins, he cannot make exact change for a dollar, half-dollar, quarter, dime, or nickel. What are the coins?
  80. You and four other people robbed a bank for 200,000,000 dollars you evenly split the money for every person you get 25% of the money how much do you get.
  81. Why are mortgages like burglars?
  82. Tara has $29.00 dollars. She bought 4 coloring books that cost $3.00 each, 4 boxes of Crayola crayons that cost $2.00 each. She spends the rest of her money on markers. How much money did she spend on markers?
  83. I am needed to survive, but when am here there is evil and good, when am gone others come in, you don't seek me you die. What I am?
  84. If you were to put a coin into an empty bottle and then insert a cork into the neck, how could you remove the coin without taking out the cork or breaking the bottle?
  85. If you take me four steps forward from the ball you will see something making a noise. but if you take me four more steps you will need to pay money. Who am i?
  86. What do a- Jealous teenage girl, A dollar bill, And a bed of grass have in common?
  87. A robber came into my store and stole $100 from the register without my knowledge. A few minutes later, the same guy came back with the $100 he stole and purchased $70 worth of items and I gave him $30 in change. How much money did I lose?
  88. Two coins equal 30 cents and one isn't a nickel. What are the two coins?
  89. I have four digits, I own a lot of cash money money, I'm kept a secret, but used on the daily. What am I?
  90. You have two coins, and their total value is 11¢. One of the coins is not a penny. What are the two coins?
  91. Which is better, an old ten dollar bill or a new one?
  92. You try to gain more of me with every coin. You travel every distance to obtain me. You try every illusion to believe you have me. What am I?
  93. A bottle costs a dollar more than a cork. Together they cost 110 cents. How much does the bottle cost and how much does the cork cost?
  94. What has fifty heads and fifty tails?
  95. I start off red, then I am halved, and turn blue. I am then halved once again, and turn pink. What am I?
  96. I have four characteristics, durability, divisibility, transportability, and non-counterfeitability. What am I?
  97. What has a head and tail that will never meet?
  98. I'm hard as a rock, and as light as a feather. I'm passed on to one another. Poor people need me, and rich people have me. What am I?
  99. What is equal to time, more likely to corrupt, possessed by the rich, needed by the poor, and if taken away, leads to a loss of status?
  100. I am green all over, yet I know no bounds. If you turn me around a face you will see, being without me produces envy. What am I?
  101. What has one hundred heads, and no legs?
  102. What is the easiest way to double your money?
  103. People need me, but they always give me away. What am I?
  104. What do you get when you toss a copper penny and a quarter into the blue sea?
  105. What did the British man lose when he spent his money working out at the gym?
  106. What did the dollar say to the four quarters?
  107. Why don't cows have money?
  108. Is an old hundred-dollar bill better than a new one?
  109. If you have two coins which total 35 cents and one of the coins is not a dime, what are the two coins?
  110. I have a head and a tail but no body... What am I?
  111. A man goes to work at the same time each day and travels part of his journey facing forwards and the remainder facing backwards. When he returns at the end of his working day, he only faces forwards. How can this be?
  112. There were 5 men traveling down a road and it started to rain and 4 men sped up, the 5th did not, but they all arrived at the same place at the same time but all of them were wet besides the 5th. How?
  113. Peter celebrated his birthday on one day, and two days later his older twin brother, Paul, celebrated his birthday. How could this be?
  114. How many times does the long hand of the clock pass the short hand between midnight one day and midnight the following day? As both hands are together at the starting time of midnight this does not count as a pass.
  115. When is the best time to have lunch?
  116. I have two coins, one is marked George I and one is marked George IV. One is genuine but one is a forgery. Which is the forgery?
  117. Two hours ago it was as long after one o'clock in the afternoon as it was before one o'clock in the morning. What time is it now?
  118. I am not your boss but I guide your decisions, I am not your trainer, but I dictate your pace, I am not a Judge but I measure your success. Who Am I?
  119. I change color from time to time. Wear me, and I'll tell you your ____. What am I?
  120. A frog fell into a 12-foot-deep well. He could jump 3 feet, but every time he jumped 3 feet, he fell back 2 feet. How many times did he have to jump to get out of the well?
  121. Man gave one son 10 cents and another son was given 15 cents. What time is it?
  122. How can you measure nine minutes with have two hourglasses, one four minute and one seven minute?
  123. Now matter what, I come to you round, Floating up, floating down, A single pop, I'm on the ground, Then comes your unpleasant frown. What am I?
  124. Two people meet inside of a zoo and with some time a child was born. The child of two people had no clue, but the two people who meet they already knew. The child was the person who acted like glue. Who are the two people that met at the zoo?
  125. If a hen and a half lay an egg and a half in a day and a half, how many eggs will half a dozen hens lay in half a dozen days?
  126. If the only frying pan in the house is large enough to cook two pancakes at a time and pancakes take one minute to brown one side, how can you make three pancakes in three minutes?
  127. What time is it when the clock strikes 13?
  128. A Smuggler with a bicycle carried to sack of sand with him every day. However every time he was checked at the border, the officer's let him through. Wait, what did the Smuggler smuggle?
  129. I kill people when you need me to, I am not accepted and illegal, I need to be refilled from time to time and i can harm my owner. What am I?
  130. What measures out time, Until in time all is smashed to it? A: Sand
  131. Two jets take off at the same time, There is only one runway but there where no crashes and it was at the same airport. A Plane takes more than 1min to take off. How can this happen?
  132. There lived a man in a house and everytime he went to bed he turned on the light. One night, the man forgot to turn on the light. The next day he read the paper and killed himself. Why?
  133. A timorous heart at no time succeeds in acquiring the beautiful damsel. What is the proverb?
  134. Why can't you keep a clock in jail?
  135. One day, Kathy was walking in the park when she stumbled upon two suspicious men. One of them was dressed like a werewolf, while the other one was not. Which of the two men was the real werewolf?
  136. I'm a day when truth takes a twist, and laughter is hard to resist. What am I?
  137. My fruitfulness is sweet and full of taste; but now that my time has come, you should hurry or else you'll be late. What am I?
  138. I never stop. Over me Metal will rust. I rot bodies. Without me we wouldn't move. What am I?
  139. A woman was born in 1975 and died in 1975. She was 22 years old at the time of her death. How?
  140. It is everywhere yet nowhere and time mars it not. All things are within it's grasp and it is within grasp of all things. It has no limits, for it does and does not exist. What is it?
  141. Between 3:55 and 4:05 store lurking I maintained I was shopping and searching for a time telling device I'd bought, My alibi was that I was shopping for WHAT and WHEN?
  142. Four friends went out one night. During the trip back, they tried to squeeze under an umbrella, but it was too small for them to fit through. Still, everyone managed to stay dry by the time they arrived home. How can this be?
  143. More haste less speed. What is the contradictory proverb?
  144. What time does a shark get up?
  145. When is the only time that today and tomorrow come before yesterday?
  146. It keeps something that cannot be kept, And wakes you when you have slept. It may go slow or stop at times, But even then it chimes. What is it?
  147. To form me, time is the foundation, it's difficult to break me from the outside, but I'll break as long as you touch from the inside. What am I?
  148. Old Mother Twitchett had but one eye, and a long tail which she let fly; and every time she went through a gap, a bit of her tail she left in a trap. What is she?
  149. I leave every time you say my name. What am I?
  150. What goes up, but at the same time goes down, up to the sky and down to the ground, my present tense and my past tense too, lets go for a ride just me and you... what am I?
  151. I'm on your phone. Sometimes I laugh. Sometimes I cry. I even flip you off from time to time. What am I?
  152. I am between things; in teeth, in time, in fences; I can be wide or tiny. What am I?
  153. Not a bird but I can fly through time; Hands moving, moments chime. What am I?
  154. I fly in the air, But I am not always there. I cannot be touched, But I can be felt or held. Think very hard, But if you live near the equator, You may have a tough time seeing me. What am I?
  155. I am an object. I move from left to right. Anytime I move, I bleed on what is below me. I can't move without you. I move only when you uses me. What am I?
  156. A man flipped a coin 9 times and every single time it landed on heads. If the man flipped the coin again, what is the chance that it lands on heads?
  157. I am something that you can you read but not see. I'm with you all the time but sometimes I'm hard to find. What am I?
  158. What Time Is It When An Elephant Sits on Your Chair?
  159. What did the two dolphins say after not seeing each other for so long?
  160. A man goes upstairs to grab his time machine. He walks downstairs then goes back in time 200 years. Why did he go downstairs?
  161. What goes up and down at the same time but doesn't move?
  162. You see me at night, by day you tell everyone about me. I come back looking differently than before. I sometime leave you in the darkness. What am I?
  163. When is the time of a clock like the whistle of a train?
  164. Each time you take a step you make one of me, but then you leave me behind. What am I?
  165. Why are giraffes so slow to apologize?
  166. What's more precious than rubies, more lasting than gold, what can never be traded stolen, or sold, what comes with great effort, takes time but then once yours will serve you again and again?
  167. I shrink smaller every time I take a bath. What am I?
  168. What do you call a cow's bedtime stories?
  169. It goes up, but at the same time goes down. Up toward the sky, and down toward the ground. It's present tense and past tense too, come for a ride, just me and you. What is it?
  170. I am born in fear, raised in truth, and I come to my own in deed. When comes a time that I'm called forth, I come to serve the cause of need.
  171. Something very extraordinary happened on the 6th of May, 1978 at 12:34 a.m. What was it?
  172. What only works the first time you use it?
  173. The things I bite, they don't bleed, I don't bite until you push me; I bring my victims together each time I bite, But they'll come undone if you pull it just right. What am I?
  174. What flowers are kissable?
  175. I am four times as old as my daughter. In 20 years time I shall be twice as old as her. How old are we now?
  176. What question can someone ask all day long, always get completely different answers, and yet all the answers could be correct?

Answers

  1. Cheese.Cheese is made from milk drawn from a cow, hung or pressed to lose moisture, aged in cellars or caves, and fine aged cheeses become more prized ("hardened gold") over time.
  2. And dreaming of ten, dear.This is a whimsical nonsense-verse riddle where the answer simply echoes the dreamlike, arbitrary rhyme of the question.
  3. He can't find itA camouflage pattern is designed to hide things, so the joke is the owner can no longer locate his own sleeping bag.
  4. Playing chess with the 4th daughter!Chess is a two-player game, so logically the 6th daughter must be the one playing against the 4th.
  5. Sleep.People spend roughly one-third of their life asleep, and going without sleep entirely is not survivable long-term.
  6. On a chessboard.In chess, a knight (horse) can capture a rook (tower/castle) by jumping over it, removing it from the board.
  7. A bed.A bed is made (tidied) daily, used while people sleep, and no one wants to permanently give up or keep making it.
  8. A dino-snore!"Dino-snore" blends "dinosaur" with "snore," implying it's so boring it puts you to sleep.
  9. The Big Apple!"The Big Apple" is New York City's nickname, a busy city famously called "the city that never sleeps."
  10. Awake."Awake" contains the word "wake," which is also a gathering where mourners weep for the dead.
  11. A Rooster.A rooster crows at dawn to wake people up and, once done, perches on a wooden fence or roost.
  12. Infinity.Tipping the numeral 8 on its side (as if lying down asleep) forms the infinity symbol (∞).
  13. Come Late And Start Sleeping.This is a joking backronym poking fun at students who doze off in class.
  14. BatBats fly without feathers, are active while humans sleep, and some species (vampire bats) feed on blood.
  15. SleepSleep takes over each night and releases you each day, and people suffer from not getting enough of it rather than from having it.
  16. Sleep.When you're tired you crave sleep, but once asleep you're unconscious and unaware of having it.
  17. Riddles.comThis is a self-referential joke plugging the riddles.com website as where daydreamers browse.
  18. Wake up.Since it's just a dream, the easiest escape from any danger is simply waking up.
  19. An undercover agent."Undercover" puns on both a spy working undercover and literally being under a blanket cover.
  20. February. Because it's the shortest month of the year.The riddle is a pun on "least sleep" meaning fewest hours available, since February has the fewest days.
  21. A bull-dozer.This reuses the "bulldozer" pun on "dozing," applied here to a cow instead of a bull.
  22. He didn't want to wake up the sleeping pills.The joke personifies "sleeping pills" as if they could literally be woken up by noise.
  23. They wanted to lie low."Lie low" is an idiom meaning to hide and avoid attention, punned here with literally lying on the ground.
  24. The horse's name was Friday.The riddle plays on "came back on Friday" literally meaning the horse itself is named Friday.
  25. I am a leg.Each verb (run, jump, swim, stretch, stand) is something a leg does even though a leg has no biological functions of its own.
  26. Zzzzzzzz.The letter Z represents the sound of saws, snoring, and buzzing bees, and is literally the last letter of the alphabet.
  27. You rock-it!"Rock-it" is a pun on "rocket," a vehicle astronauts use, and "rock it" meaning to rock a baby to sleep.
  28. On Caterpillows!This joke riddle invents the pun 'caterpillows' -- combining 'caterpillar' and 'pillows' -- as where butterflies supposedly sleep.
  29. Are you asleep?If you're asleep, you cannot answer at all, so the honest answer "yes" can never actually be spoken.
  30. The word Dozens."Dozens" has six letters, and removing the final "s" leaves "Dozen," which equals twelve.
  31. A river.Each clue is a play on words describing a river's features: it "runs," has a "bed," and a "mouth" where it meets the sea.
  32. Fred was driving his car through a tunnel.Driving through a tunnel temporarily blocks the radio signal, causing the broadcast to cut out and resume once Fred exits.
  33. "Singing in the Drain."It's a pun on the classic song "Singin' in the Rain," swapped to "drain" for a plumber's theme.
  34. Trumpets."Trumpets" contains the word "pets" hidden inside it, along with being a musical instrument.
  35. MusicMusic, like the alphabet, is built from a limited set of "notes" or symbols, and it's debated whether it was invented or discovered.
  36. Plymouth Rock."Plymouth Rock," the pilgrims' famous landing site, puns on the music genre "rock."
  37. An upright piano."Upright" plays on both the piano's physical shape and the meaning of honest, noble character.
  38. Coins.Coins are stamped with kings' faces in shallow relief, jingle like "music" tied to greed and death, and their scarcity forces people to labor.
  39. Greens Pea's potatoes tomatoes!The nonsense rhyme "Greens Pea's potatoes tomatoes" mimics a nursery-rhyme style song built entirely from vegetable names.
  40. Cow-lypso (Calypso) music."Cow-lypso" is a pun blending "cow" with the music genre "calypso."
  41. From the HANDEL."Handel" (a door handle) sounds like the composer Handel, a source of classical music.
  42. Mt. Rushmore"Rock group" is a pun on the literal rock carvings of four deceased U.S. presidents at Mount Rushmore.
  43. Music ( ROCK!!!! or classical)Music can range from calming and soft to loud and irritating depending on volume and genre.
  44. Because he was listening to sole music."Sole" (the bottom of a shoe) sounds like "soul," a music genre, creating the pun.
  45. Castanets."Castanets" sounds like "cast a net," the action used to catch fish.
  46. Your brain!The brain naturally stores memories and knowledge without ever needing an external power source.
  47. Jack-in-the-Box.A Jack-in-the-Box plays music as its crank turns and startles with a sudden pop-up surprise.
  48. A Rooster.A rooster's crow wakes people at dawn, and afterward it perches, or "sits," on a wooden fence or roost.
  49. Music.Music can be heard and felt emotionally, has personal "taste" preferences, and once composed only exists afterward as a recording or memory.
  50. I'm a Soul."Soul" is both the intangible essence believed to exist in every person and the name of a distinct music genre.
  51. Car-tunes."Car-tunes" is a pun on "cartoons" combined with music played in a car.
  52. Baa Baa Black Sheep twinkle twinkle litle star and the Alphabet song! wow kid songs"Baa Baa Black Sheep," "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star," and the Alphabet Song all share the exact same melody.
  53. Music scales.A musical scale isn't a weighing instrument, yet music can still be described as "heavy" or "light" in tone or mood.
  54. I am Music!Music evokes a wide range of emotional reactions, from dreaming to dancing to crying, in any listener.
  55. A rubber band!"Band" refers both to a musical group and a rubber loop, which obviously can't play anything.
  56. Grape."Grape" minus G is "rape" (a crime), minus "Gr" is "ape" (an animal), and minus first and last letters is "rap" (music).
  57. When there are two beats (beets) to the measure."Beats" sounds like "beets," the vegetable, linking a musical measure to a garden crop.
  58. Railroad Tracks.Railroad tracks form a fixed, joined path that a train must follow and cannot travel without.
  59. A retire!Pun on 'retire', sounding like 're-tire', a tire taking a break.
  60. Toss it straight up in the air.Gravity naturally stops and reverses a ball thrown straight up, sending it back down along the same path.
  61. Color-ado.Pun blending 'color' with the U.S. state 'Colorado'.
  62. An Envelope.An envelope travels through the mail carrying news, and is torn open once it reaches its destination.
  63. A watch.A watch has a 'face' and 'hands' (the dial and pointers) and keeps 'running' to track time, but has no real head or feet.
  64. It couldn't take the pressure anymore?Pun on 'pressure', meaning both air pressure in a tire and stress.
  65. Pears.Pun on 'pears' sounding like 'pairs', which means groups of two.
  66. A snail.A snail moves on a single muscular 'foot' with no toes, and always carries its shell home with it.
  67. 80 minutes is the same as an hour and 20 minutes.A trick of units: 80 minutes and 'an hour and 20 minutes' are the exact same length of time.
  68. The letter T.Wordplay: removing the letter T from 'there' leaves 'here', and adding it back to 'here' makes 'there'.
  69. They are all married.Wordplay: 'single' means unmarried, so if everyone is married, there is no 'single' person left on the bus.
  70. A snail.A snail moves on a single muscular 'foot' with no toes, and always carries its shell home with it.
  71. To remote places.Pun on 'remote', both a TV remote control and a faraway destination.
  72. Carrot. When the first and last letters are removed from the other words, they still spell another word.Removing the first and last letters from every word except 'Carrot' leaves a valid smaller word (e.g., Seventy -> Event); Carrot leaves 'arro', which is not a word.
  73. The Dead End.Pun on 'Dead End', a road term that also evokes ghosts being dead.
  74. MATRIMONY (mat rye money). Which is certainly a "united state"!The riddle builds the word from a doormat, the grain rye, and money, spelling out "matrimony," itself a kind of "united state."
  75. Counterfeit money.Counterfeiters never admit what they've made, spenders often don't realize it's fake, and anyone who recognizes it as counterfeit certainly doesn't want it.
  76. Nothing. A dollar and a half is the same as thirty five-cents (nickels). But not the same as thirty-five cents."Thirty five-cents" (thirty coins each worth five cents) equals $1.50, the same as "a dollar and a half," unlike "thirty-five cents" which is only $0.35.
  77. 1 - $50 bill, 1 - $5 bill , 4 - $2 billsOne $50, one $5, and four $2 bills sum to $63 across exactly six bills without any $1 bills.
  78. A 50 cent piece and 2 nickels.A 50-cent piece plus two nickels totals 60 cents while avoiding quarters, dimes, and pennies entirely.
  79. A half-dollar, a quarter, four dimes, and four pennies.This combination totals exactly $1.19 in exactly ten coins, yet lacks the right denominations to make exact change for a dollar, half-dollar, quarter, dime, or nickel individually.
  80. You get a 100% cut because 25% x 4 = 100%.The riddle's own math states each of the 4 named shares is 25%, and four 25% shares add up to the full 100%, an intentional trick in the wording.
  81. They secure (seek your) money.A mortgage is legally "secured" against your home, playing on the same word a burglar might use to "seek" your valuables.
  82. She spent $9.00 on markers.4 coloring books cost $12 and 4 crayon boxes cost $8, totaling $20, leaving $9 of her $29 for markers.
  83. Money.Money is essential for survival, can enable both good and evil, and its absence invites hardship or worse.
  84. Push the cork into the bottle and shake the coin out!Pushing the cork inward instead of pulling it out leaves the opening clear enough to shake the coin free.
  85. The letter A. If you take the letter 'a' from the word 'ball' and you move it four steps it becomes 'e' and the word is 'bell' and it makes noise and then you move it four more it becomes 'i' and then the word is 'bill' and you need to pay money.Shifting the vowel in "ball" alphabetically turns it into "bell," then "bill," a word tied to paying money.
  86. They're all green!Envy is described as being "green," and a dollar bill and grass are both literally green.
  87. I lost $100The $100 was stolen outright; the later purchase just moved the same stolen bill around the register and gave away $70 in goods plus $30 change, netting a $100 loss overall.
  88. A nickel and a quarter because one isn't a nickel but the other one is.Only one coin is excluded from being a nickel, so the other coin can still be a nickel, giving 25¢+5¢=30¢.
  89. Pin number.A four-digit PIN is a secret code used daily to access cash from an account or card.
  90. The two coins are a dime and a penny. I said "ONE of the coins is not a penny"; if one of the coins is not a penny, then the other coin IS a penny. The coin that is not a penny has to be a dime because the total value should be 11¢.Only one coin is excluded from being a penny, leaving the other coin free to be a penny, and 10¢+1¢ equals 11¢.
  91. An old TEN dollar bill is better that just a ONE dollar bill!"New one" is read as "a new $1 bill," which is worth far less than an old $10 bill.
  92. Freedom.The riddle describes something people chase endlessly with money and effort, and sometimes only believe they have through illusion: freedom.
  93. The right answer is that the bottle costs 105 cents, and the cork costs 5 cents.If the cork is x, the bottle is x+100; together 2x+100=110, so x=5 cents and the bottle is 105 cents.
  94. Fifty pennies or coins.Each of the fifty pennies contributes one heads side and one tails side, totaling fifty of each.
  95. Australian notes (money) $20 note is red $10 note is blue And a $5 note is pink!The riddle traces Australian banknote colors as their denomination halves: $20 red, $10 blue, $5 pink.
  96. Money.These four properties, durability, divisibility, portability, and being hard to fake, are the textbook qualities that make good currency.
  97. A coin/pennyA coin's heads and tails sides are opposite faces of the same flat disc, so they can never physically touch.
  98. Money.Money can feel as solid as a coin or as light as a bill, and it's constantly exchanged between people of every income level.
  99. Money."Time is money" and money famously "corrupts," is unevenly distributed, and losing it affects social status.
  100. A dollar bill.A dollar bill is green, has a portrait on one side, and not having money often breeds envy of those who do.
  101. A dollar in pennies.One hundred pennies equal a dollar, and each penny has a "head" side but no legs.
  102. Put it in front of a mirror of course!A mirror reflects an image, visually "doubling" the money without actually increasing its value.
  103. Money.People rely on money to live, yet constantly spend or give it away in transactions.
  104. Less money.Throwing coins into the sea simply means you now have less money than before, a literal rather than clever answer.
  105. Pounds."Pounds" is a double pun: British currency is in pounds, and losing weight at the gym is measured in pounds too.
  106. You've changed!"Changed" puns on receiving change (coins) and the phrase for someone acting different.
  107. Because the farmer milks them dry."Milks them dry" plays on draining a cow of milk and draining someone of money.
  108. Well, it's worth 99 more dollars."Old" is read as "a hundred minus one dollar," leaving ninety-nine dollars, which is more than a plain "new" (one) dollar bill.
  109. A quarter and a dime. One coin is not a dime, but the other one is.The wording only rules out one of the coins being a dime; the other coin can still be a dime, so a quarter and a dime work.
  110. A coin.A coin has a "heads" side and a "tails" side but no body in between, unlike a real animal.
  111. He works in the engine room of a liner and walks forward on deck, backward down ladders, then only forward when returningPicture climbing down ladders backward for safety versus walking normally on a flat deck.
  112. He was dead and in a coffinThe fifth man wasn't walking at all; he was being carried, sheltered from the rain.
  113. Paul was born first on March 1st; the boat crossed a time zone and the younger twin was born on February 28th in a leap yearThink about how crossing a time zone or a leap year date could reorder birth dates for twins.
  114. 21The hands overlap roughly every 65 minutes rather than exactly every hour, giving fewer than 24 passes.
  115. After breakfastMeals typically follow a set order throughout the day, and lunch always comes after breakfast.
  116. George I, as it wouldn't have been marked with a number before subsequent kings existedNumbering a king "the First" only makes sense retroactively once a second ruler of that name exists, so no coin from his own reign would call him "George I."
  117. It would be 9:00 pmFind the midpoint time that's equally spaced from 1am and 1pm, then add two hours.
  118. Suggested answers include yourself, your brain, time, fate, conscience, or heartThis riddle is open-ended, pointing to an inner force that shapes choices without formal authority.
  119. A moodstoneThis jewelry changes color based on body temperature to reflect your mood.
  120. 10 timesEach jump nets only 1 foot of progress, except the final jump which clears the well.
  121. 1:45 (he gave a quarter to two)10 cents plus 15 cents makes a quarter, hinting at 'a quarter to two'.
  122. Turn over both hourglasses; when the four-minute runs out, flip it; when seven-minute runs out, flip it; when four-minute runs out again, flip seven-minute; nine minutes totalTrack the moments each timer runs out and flip the appropriate one to build up to nine minutes.
  123. A bubbleThis fragile round object floats through the air before bursting.
  124. The adopted parentsThe child bonds two people together who weren't related to begin with, hinting at adoption.
  125. Two dozenScaling the rate proportionally for hens and days shows six hens laying one egg per day and a half each, totaling 24 eggs over six days.
  126. Brown two pancakes' first sides, then flip one and add the third, then rearrange to finish all in three minutesCarefully swap which pancakes are in the pan each minute so none sits idle.
  127. Time to get the clock fixedA clock cannot correctly strike 13, so something must be broken.
  128. The smuggler smuggled bicycles using sand as a distractionThe obvious item, the sand, is a decoy from what's actually valuable: the bicycle.
  129. A gunThis weapon needs ammunition reloaded periodically and is dangerous even to the person carrying it.
  130. SandThink of an hourglass, where falling sand marks the passing minutes.
  131. They both took off at the same time on different days'The same time' doesn't have to mean the same day.
  132. The man lived in a lighthouse and forgot to turn on the light; a ship crashed and he read about itThe 'light' he turns on nightly is a lighthouse beacon, not a bedroom lamp.
  133. Faint heart ne'er won fair ladyThis old saying means that a person too afraid to act will never win someone's heart.
  134. Because time is always running outThis is a pun on 'time running out', both meaning a countdown and an escape.
  135. The guy who doesn't look like a werewolf, as werewolves only transform during full moons at night, not daytimeWerewolves only take their monstrous form under a full moon, so a costume gives away a fake.
  136. April Fools' DayThis holiday is known for pranks and jokes on the first day of April.
  137. A dateThis word is both a sweet fruit and a scheduled point in time.
  138. TimeThis force is constantly passing, ages metal and living things, but also makes progress possible.
  139. She was born in hospital room #1975The numbers refer to a room number, not a calendar year.
  140. NothingRead the riddle literally: the answer is the absence of anything at all.
  141. I was shopping around for a clock and I was shopping around 4 O'clock'Shopping around' plays on the phrase describing the exact time of 4 o'clock.
  142. It wasn't rainingThe riddle never states that rain was actually falling.
  143. Time waits for no manThis saying warns that time keeps moving forward regardless of how much you rush or delay.
  144. Ate o'clockThis is a pun on 'eight' sounding like 'ate', fitting a shark's diet.
  145. In a dictionaryThink about alphabetical order rather than the actual order of time.
  146. An alarm clockThis bedside device tracks something that always keeps moving forward.
  147. TrustThis quality is slow to build between people but easily destroyed by betrayal.
  148. A needle and threadThink of sewing: a single 'eye' and a long thread trailing behind.
  149. SilenceSpeaking the word itself breaks the very thing it describes.
  150. A see-sawThis playground toy has two seats that move in opposite directions.
  151. An emojiThese small digital faces express emotions in text messages.
  152. GapThink of the small opening you'd find between two teeth or two fence posts.
  153. A clockThis object has 'hands' that move and it 'chimes' to mark the hour.
  154. Your breathOn a cold day you can see this coming from your mouth, but not in warm climates.
  155. A penThis writing tool leaves ink behind as it's dragged across paper.
  156. 50%. It's always 50%Each coin flip is an independent event, so past results don't change the fixed 50/50 odds of the next flip.
  157. TimeYou read this off a clock or watch, but it isn't a physical object you can see directly.
  158. Time to get a new chairThink about what would happen to a chair under such heavy weight.
  159. "Long time no sea"This is a pun on 'sea' sounding like 'see'.
  160. Because if he went back in time from upstairs, the house wouldn't have been there 200 years agoThink about whether the upstairs of the house even existed 200 years in the past.
  161. StairsThis structure has steps leading both upward and downward simultaneously.
  162. A dreamThis happens while you sleep and you often share it with others afterward.
  163. When it's two to two'Two to two' sounds like 'toot-toot', a train whistle sound.
  164. A footprintThis mark is left behind as soon as you move forward.
  165. It takes a long time for them to swallow their prideThis plays on the long neck of a giraffe and the phrase 'swallow your pride'.
  166. KnowledgeOnce you learn something, no one can take it away from you.
  167. SoapA bar of soap physically wears down and gets smaller with each use in the bath.
  168. Dairy talesThis is a pun on 'dairy' sounding like 'fairy'.
  169. A See-SawThink of a playground device with two ends that move opposite directions.
  170. CourageCourage is born from fear and proven true through action, and it is summoned in moments of need to serve a greater cause.
  171. The time and day could be written as 12:34, 5/6/78Write out the date and time as a sequence of numbers and look for a pattern.
  172. A matchOnce struck and used, it's spent and can't be reused.
  173. A StaplerThink of an office tool that joins papers together with metal teeth.
  174. Tulips (two-lips)This is a play on 'tulips' sounding like 'two lips'.
  175. I am 40 and my daughter is 10If the parent is 4x and the child is x now, then in 20 years: 4x + 20 = 2(x + 20), which solves to x = 10, so the parent is 40 and the child is 10.
  176. "What time is it?"The answer changes constantly but is always true at the moment it's given.